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Reactionary Mentions the Disqus Way Members Public

The observant will have noticed that I’ve been using Disqus [http://disqus.com/] as the comment service on this blog for the last few months, and I’ve been very happy with it. The ability to manage via e-mail is a boon, and the spam blocking is superb. I

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Anatomy of a Comment Threat Members Public

Love LOVE Love this: Made by students doing a [Design Jam](https://drumbeat.org/en-US/journalism/) in Dundee yesterday.

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The BBC's revamped blogs are a road crash Members Public

I’ve been watching the revamp of the BBC’s blogs [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2011/05/our_next_step_in_news_blogging.html] with a mix of horror and awe. It feels as if they’ve decided to go back and make all the mistakes that

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Facebook Comments: a social data honeytrap? Members Public

Facebook wants to be your comments service [http://mashable.com/2011/03/02/facebook-vp-explains-new-comments-system-video/] . A few weeks ago, it revamped its Facebook Comments service [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_now_powers_comments_all_around_the_web.php] , and relaunched, grabbing sites like Techcrunch [http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/06/

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Quote of the Day #1 Members Public

> God spare us from people who think conversations have “winners” and “losers”. < p align=”right”>- Shane Richmond in response to a comment on his post about Apple subscriptions [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/100006404/just-how-is-apples-ios-subscription-policy-good-for-users/#disqus_thread] .

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Science Online: Bloggers, Commenters and the Reputation Game Members Public

This slideshow requires JavaScript. I dropped into one of the unconference sessions, looking at engaging with your readers (of obvious interest to me). The panel did a sterling job of giving a beginner’s guide to managing comments and commenters, from different scales (personal blogs to Ars Technica). I thought

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Things I Failed To Blog About Members Public

Just clearing down some tabs that I meant to blog about – but never got around to. They’re worth a look, though. 1. [Some really interesting stuff about journalists as programmers](http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/05/the-programmer-majored-in-english-a-fascinating-study-of-the-nyts-interactive-news-unit/). Bet nobody clicks that link on a sunny Friday afternoon with the

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Noted In Passing Members Public

* Kevin Anderson writes about the wikification of news [http://charman-anderson.com/2010/05/13/the-wiki-fication-of-news-topic-pages-and-collaboration/] – its move towards more collaborative models online * Dave Lee notes that recent moves by The Guardian look suspiciously like creating a network of niche B2B sites – and asks if that paves the way for some

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